You see, the great secret, Eliza, is not a question of good manners or bad manners, or any...
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Professor Henry Higgins:
You see, the great secret, Eliza, is not a question of good manners or bad manners, or any particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls. The question is not whether I treat you rudely, but whether you've ever heard me treat anyone else better.
Eliza Doolittle:
I don't care how you treat me. I don't mind your swearing at me. I shouldn't mind a black eye; I've had one before this. But I won't be passed over!
Professor Henry Higgins:
Well then, get out of my way, for I won't stop for you. You talk about me as though I were a motor bus.
Eliza Doolittle:
So you are a motor bus! All bounce and go, and no consideration for anybody. But I can get along without you. Don't you think I can't!
Professor Henry Higgins:
I know you can. I told you you could.
[pause]
Professor Henry Higgins:
[quietly]
You've never wondered, I suppose, whether... whether I could get along without you.
Eliza Doolittle:
Well, you have my voice on your phonograph. When you feel lonesome without me you can turn it on. It has no feelings to hurt.
Professor Henry Higgins:
I... I can't turn your soul on.
Eliza Doolittle:
Ooh, you are a *devil*. You can twist the heart in a girl the same way some fellows twist her arms to hurt her!
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Just so.
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You see, the great secret, Eliza,
is not a question of good manners
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or bad manners
or any particular sort of manners,
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but having the same manner
for all human souls.
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The question is not
whether I treat you rudely,
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whether you've ever heard me
treat anyone else better.
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I don't care how you treat me.
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I don't mind your swearing at me.
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I shouldn't mind a black eye.
I've had one before this.
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But I won't be passed over.
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Well, then get out of my way,
for I won't stop for you.
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You talk about me
as though I was a motor bus.
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So you are a motor bus.
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All bounce and go
and no consideration for anybody.
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But I can get along without you.
Don't you think I can't.
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I know you can. I told you you could.
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You've never wondered, I suppose
whether I could get along without you.
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Don't you try to get around me.
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You'll have to.
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So I can, without you
or any soul on earth.
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I shall miss you, Eliza.
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I've learned something
from your idiotic notions.
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I confess that, humbly and gratefully.
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Well, you have my voice
on your gramophone.
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When you feel lonely without me,
you can turn it on.
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It has no feelings to hurt.
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Well, I can't turn your soul on.
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Ooh. You are a devil.
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You can twist the heart in a girl
just as easily
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as someone can twist her arms
to hurt her.
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What am I to come back for?
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For the fun of it.
That's why I took you on.
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And you may throw me out tomorrow
if I don't do everything you want me to.
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Yes, and you may walk out tomorrow
if I don't do everything you want me to.
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And live with my father?
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Yes, or sell flowers.
Or would you rather marry Pickering?
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I wouldn't marry you
if you asked me,
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and you're nearer my age
than what he is.
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- Than he is.
- I'll talk as I like.
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You're not my teacher now.
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That's not what I want,
and you don't think it is.
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I've always had chaps enough
wanting me that way.
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Freddy Hill writes me twice
and three times a day.
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Sheets and sheets.
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In short, you want me to be
as infatuated about you as he is.
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- Is that it?
- No, I don't.
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That's not the sort of feeling
I want from you.
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I want a little kindness.
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I know I'm a common ignorant girl
and you're a book-learned gentleman.
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But I'm not dirt under your feet.
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What I done--
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What I did
was not for the taxis and the dresses,
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but because we were
pleasant together and I've come to--
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Came to care for you.
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Not to want you to make love to me
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and not forgetting
the difference between us,
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but more friendly-like.
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Well, of course. That's how I feel.
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And how Pickering feels.
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- Eliza, you're a fool.
- That's not the proper answer.
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It's the only answer
till you stop being an idiot.
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If you're a lady,
give up feeling neglected
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if the men you know
don't spend half their time
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sniveling over you and the other half
giving you black eyes.
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You find me cold, unfeeling,
selfish, don't you?
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Be off with you
to the sort of people you like.
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Marry some sentimental hog
with lots of money
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and a thick pair of lips to kiss you
and a thick pair of boots to kick you.
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If you can't appreciate what you've got,
get what you can appreciate.
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Oh, I can't talk to you.
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You always turn everything
against me. I'm always in the wrong.
Clip duration: 201 seconds
Views: 812
Timestamp in movie: 02h 35m 55s
Uploaded: 18 October, 2021
Genres: drama, family, musical
Summary: In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
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